180 Captain R. C. Beavan on Panolia eldi. [No. 3, 



Mr. Blyth, as noticed above, considers the Cervus dimorphe of 

 Hodgson to be identical with the species under notice ; but that the 

 horns of the individuals figured by the latter are abnormal, on ac- 

 count of their being developed in captivity. Had not Mr. Hodgson 

 mentioned, (as quoted hereafter,) that his animal was three years old 

 and the horns perfect, I should have been inclined to have considered 

 it as bearing its first year's horns. 



The following information was obtained during a recent visit to 

 Burmah. 



Lieut. -Colonel Blake kindly furnished me with the following 

 account : " As regards the exact localities of the Thamyn I can only say 

 where I have found them and where not. As far as I know, they do not 

 occur to the south of Moulmein, but from within a short distance of 

 Thabyoo point, the south-western headland of the Martaban district, 

 to Sittang, bounded to the eastward by the forest line, they are found 

 in large herds. 



" Again, on the opposite side of the Sittang river, to the south and 

 west of Pegu, they are also found in large numbers. How far they 

 extend in a westerly and northerly direction, from the mouth of the 

 Bangoon river, and in the Bassein district, I do not know, but I 

 have heard that they are common even as high up as Munipore. 



" From Pegu to the north they are found in very small parties, the 

 ground not suiting them, until you cross the " Koon" creek or river, 

 the separating boundary between the Martaban and Thoungoo districts, 

 and from this to within a few miles of Thoungoo they occur in large 

 herds. 



u Sometimes the plains or open spaces between the Eng* forests will 

 be covered with them, and three or four hundred may be seen at one 

 time. Under these circumstances they are shy and very difficult of ap- 

 proach. Strange to say, that although the ground appears quite as 

 favourable for them, I have never seen a single one to the eastward 

 of the Sittang river north of Sittang. From the above, you will see 

 that they are gregarious in their habits. During the night, and early 

 morning and evening, they frequent the plains, and where the forest 

 jungle is not distant, they retire into it during the heat of the day. 



* Dipterocarpus grandifolia, Wallich ; Wood oil Tree, Mason's Burmali, edit, 

 1860, p. 493. 



